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    College education is important to me because it brings new opportunities‚ lets you learn‚ and gives you more experience. College has a different atmosphere from high school‚ and it determines what you become later in life. It helps you finish your journey to your dreams and what you aspire to be. Going to college brings new opportunities for you; one is that you will be able to get a job. College also gives you an education in the courses you major in. Last but not least‚ getting an education in

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    Haile Dr. Jeffrey C. Kessler English 161 02/01/2018 Zakaria‚ Fared. “A Brief History of Liberal Education‚” In Defense of a Liberal Education‚” W. W. Norton‚ 2015‚ Pp 40-71. In this article‚ “A Brief History of Liberal Education‚” In Defense of a Liberal Education‚” Fared Zakaria discusses the foundation of liberal education and how it has changed over the centuries. He also talks about the early method of education and included mostly hunting and like farming classes while the ruling class was learning

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    The article‚ “On the Purpose of a Liberal Arts Education” written by Robert Harris explains how vital and essential a liberal arts education can be in society. Liberal Arts is an area of study (literature‚ language‚ and history) that is set to give general knowledge rather than specific skills for a single profession (Merriam-Webster‚ n.d.). Skills that can be gained at a liberal arts institution include: critical and creative thinking skills‚ increased ability to learn new ideas‚ intelligent opinions

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    A liberal arts education can be defined as the study of academic subjects in the following categories; literature‚ philosophy‚ mathematics‚ and social and physical sciences. However‚ the advantage of a liberal arts education should be left to the individual to decide. According to the official website for Wheaton College‚ a liberal arts education has six main advantages. First and most important to me‚ a liberal arts education teaches us how to think. Throughout your lifetime you will be asked to

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    said‚ “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.” King is pointing out that education is meant to challenge people in order to shape their minds and thoughts. The importance of education has been written about countless times. Many intelligent writers have written articles on higher education‚ such as Horace Mann’s “From Report of the Massachusetts Board of Education‚ 1848‚” Jean Anyon’s “From

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    September 29. 2011 “Perception Assignment” Scenario & Perception As a student nurse‚ I was working in a student assignment group‚ where we were to make a project for a presentation on “Breast Cancer”. We had four persons in our group. On our meeting day‚ one of our group members did not come to our group meeting and she also did phone none of us. We were not able to finish our group work because we were missing her part of the project. We did not even know whether she had started her part

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    THE REASONS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENT ON USING INTERNET FOR EDUCATION Dicky Urianto Halimawan ¡V 03320030075 Industrial Engineering of Pelita Harapan University‚ Lippo Karawaci‚ Tangerang Abstract In the past few years‚ Indonesia has experienced the integration of the internet into society. This situation has created their presence in the market with taking us to the aim of this study that for know the reasons of university student on using internet for education. The data of benefits of

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    Living As A College Student Thesis Statement: The life of typical college student is characterized by the time spent studying‚ attending class and socializing with peers. Essay: People’s life is full of activities. Everyday‚ every time and every part of their life‚ activities are always around them. People are really busy with their own activities‚ for example working in the office‚ teaching‚ caring the children‚ rescuing people‚ studying and many others. Most of them enjoy their activities

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    country in the world I travel to‚ I will not come to the United Stated of America‚ daddy!” My daddy just laughed and said‚ “You’ll never know young lady‚ so let’s see”. Two years after that I am writing an essay in my room‚ not in Indonesia but United States. How can it be? Well‚ I am an exchange student staying in Wisconsin now. I applied for an exchange program for all over the world and United States is one of the countries in my list. Not because I want to go to the United States because I already

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    Illicit drug use continues past adolescence is reflected in rising drug use rates among young adults 18–24 years old (Addiction‚ 2000). Since 1960 drug use among college students have increased. For example‚ in spite of various programs to reduce drug use among college students‚ especially the use of marijuana has increased since the past 10 years (Addiction‚ 1997). The college experience is a particularly challenging phase in an individual’s development. It provides many students with their first

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